Los Mambiseros is a Boston-based Traditional Cuban Music and Fusion project. The project’s mission is to share and celebrate Cuba’s folkloric culture, music, and dance. The group is a flexible trio-to-septet ensemble that focuses on traditional Cuban music, including Son, Rumba, Bolero, Changüí, Danzón, Cha-cha-cha, as well as experimental jazz and salsa.

“Mambiseros” is a playful spelling of “mambíses,” the revolutionary guerrilla fighters from the Cuban Wars of Independence. The mambíses were a grassroots, freedom-fighting force represented and led by Caribbeans of diverse racial and social backgrounds. The project spans time and aligns with the decolonial, international, and rebellious spirit of being “mambí.”

The group has performed throughout Greater Boston, most notably at Harvard University’s Loeb Drama Center, Long Live Roxbury, and in August at the Boston Public Library Courtyard!